Head-covering.



G. THORPE.

HEAD COVERING.

APPLICATION nun NOV. 27, 1011.

1,040, 16 1 Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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GERTRUDE THOBPE, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF I'dWILLIAM HOGG, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. I

HEAD-COVERING.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gxa'rannn Tnonrn, acitizen. of the United States, residing at .lhiladelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new.and useful Improvements in Head-Coverings, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in head coverings, the object ofthe invention being to provide a head covering which is preferablycrocheted, and which is adapted for use both as a cap and a hood.

A further object is to provide a head covering of this character whichis especially adapted for use by motor drivers, aviators, and othersexposed to the cold, and which will be adjusted so as to form a cap tofit the head, or a hood with tabs to button around the throat.

A further object is to provide a head covering of this character inwhich buttons are provided and adapted to button through the material ofthe head covering without providing button holes of any sort, thusenabling the buttons to be varlousl positioned so as to cause the capand its tai is to snugly fit any size head and throat.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnoveltfeatures of construction and combinations and ar- 'hood to protectboth the head and the throat of the wearer. Fig. 2, is a view showingthe head covering :t'olded to form a cap, and Fig. 3, is a view insection on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2..

My improved head covering 1 is crocheted or knitted with heavy knittingyarn, and at its lower edges is made with integral front and rear flaps.2 and 3 respectively.

On the opposite sides of the head covering, buttons l are sewed, andwhen my in]- provenients are used as a hood, as shown in Fig. l, thefront llu 2 is folded back onto the body 1, and tho hultons 4 areprojected through thev meshes ot the knitted or ero- (-heted nuiterialol' the Hap.

'lhe l)2\(l{ llup I3 is made at l)()ll](Il( lS with integral tabs 5, andon one oi these tabs,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 27, 1911.

Patented Oct. 8,1912.

Serial No. 662,669.

buttons 6 are secured. This tab 5 with the buttons (5 thereon, is laidtightly against the throat, and the other tab 5 overlaps the same, andthe buttons 6 are projected through the meshes of the outer tab totightl button the tabs around the throat. 1t wil be noted that thesetabs .may be. drawn as tightly necessary to snugly fit any throat, andthe buttons 6 projected throu h the meshes of the outer tab so as tosccurcdy hold the tabs across the throat.

When the device is to be worn as a cap, the front and rear tlaps areboth folded against the body 1, as seen in Figs. .2 and 3, with the tabs5 located under the front flap 2, and the buttons 4, which are securedto the body, are projected through both front and rear flaps 2 and 3,and securely hold the parts in this position. The diameter of the capmay be changed by the position of the flaps with relation to the buttons4, so that the ca will fit any sized head, and will securely ho d theparts in position.

It will be noted that with my improved crocheted or knittedhead-covering, no' button holes are provided for the buttons, and thebuttons are projected through any portion of the material. This is ofgreat advantage, because it allows the head covering to tightly orloosely engage the head or throat to suit the wearer, and it will fitany head, and it will therefore allow the user a wide range of variationin the wearing of the head covering.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I donot limit myselfto the precise details set forth but consider myself atliberty to make su changes and alterations as fairly fall within thespirit and scope of the ap nded claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A head covering of the character de-' scribed composed of knittedmaterial, front and rear flaps of knitted material on said head coveringat its lower edge, both lla'ps adapted to be folded back against thebody of the head covering, and buttons secured to the head covering andadapted to be projected through the knitted flaps, substantially asdescribed.

A head covering of the character described comprieing e'body portion,integral of the head portion at the sides thereof front and rear flapson said body portion adapted to be buttoned through the other? at itsiower edge, both flaps being adapted tab when lowered, substantially asdescribed. to be folded back against the body of the I In testimonywhereof I have signed my 5 head covering, tabs on the ends of said rearname to this specification in the presence of 5 flap adapted to bepositioned across the two subscribing Witnesses.

. throat when the said rear fie is lowered, GERTRUDE THORPE. and adaptedto be positioned ietween said Witnesses: 1 body ortion and the ends ofthe front flaps C. R. ZIEGLER,

in when in raised posifiion, buttons on the body Ones. E Poms.

